From: G6JPG@255soft.uk   
      
   On 2026/2/16 16:43:51, Frank Slootweg wrote:   
   > J. P. Gilliver  wrote:   
   []   
      
   >> I couldn't find (using Everything) any .dic, .exc, .dub, or .lex file   
   >> with a Date Modified of this year.   
   >    
   >   Don't look for a Date Modified, but just look at   
   >    
   > [Rewind/repeat:]   
   >>>> C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Spelling\neutral\default.dic   
   >>>> C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Spelling\en-US\default.exc   
   >    
   > and in your case (like in mine) probably (also) en-GB   
      
   As I said, I used Everything, and couldn't find _any_ - anywhere - .dic   
   or .exc - files with a recent-enough date.   
   >    
   >   On my (Windows 11) system most of the files are rather olda (2023),   
   > but the .exc files are recent (14th and 16th of this month), probably   
   > due to my use occasional use of Notepad. (I don't use any spelling   
   > functions, but probably Notepad does by default.)   
      
   Just checked again - no .exc file dated later than 2025.   
      
   Maybe Windows 11 Notepad does use something, but W10 doesn't. Certainly,   
   when I tried typing some random character lumps into a text file, I   
   didn't get the wiggly red underline (which surprised me, as I'd thought   
   I would).   
   >    
   >   BTW, I just did a Google search on 'where are windows spelling   
   > dictionaries' and both Google's 'AI Overview' and the results gave quite   
   > useful information.   
   >    
   >   Anyway, as mentioned, there isn't just one single dictionary, which is   
   > used by all programs.   
      
   No, that was my error; since they worked so similarly (between e. g.   
   Thunderbird and Edge), I had thought they were using a common function   
   (I'm still fairly new to 10, so haven't learnt that much about it); I've   
   learnt (in this thread) that they don't.   
   >    
   >   As you've found, multi-platform programs like Thunderbird have to   
   > implement their own spelling/dictionaries system, because there isn't a   
   > multi-platform one which they can use.   
   >    
   > [...]   
      
   I suppose I'd thought they were using a common one where it was   
   available. Either they aren't, or W10 doesn't provide one.   
      
   --    
   J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()ALIS-Ch++(p)Ar++T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf   
       
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   too dark to read." - Groucho Marx   
      
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